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Crop Survey Results Show Increase in Cover Cropping, Less Tillage

Survey also shows decreased use of commercial nitrogen

November 14, 2024 | Posted in Cover Crops, Crop Protection

Results from the annual Iowa Nutrient Research & Education Council crop survey show Iowa farmers planted more than 3.8 million acres of cover crops in the 2023 crop year.

Faith & Responsibility Motivate Longtime Iowa No-Tiller

By Jason Johnson posted on August 23, 2024 | Posted in Cover Crops, Soil Health

Source: NRCS Iowa

After a four-inch rain in May 2008, Ray Gaesser began to ponder other ways to protect his soil and crop residue.

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2022 US Census of Agriculture Reports Increase in No-Till Acres, Decrease in Conservation Tillage

Among the wins for conservation reported in the most recent U.S. Census of Agriculture was a 17% increase in cover-cropped acres.

By Katie Pratt posted on March 27, 2024

The U.S. saw a slight increase in no-tillage adoption during the past 5 years, despite declines in the number of overall farms and acres used for agriculture.

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No-Till Highlights: March 14, 2024

March 14, 2024

No-Till Farmer editors encounter a variety of articles, social media posts, podcasts and videos that offer a unique look at the grower's realm from the lofty digital realm. Here is our favorite content from the past week from across the web. The Best of the Web series is brought to you by Totally Tubular.

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Seeding a Cereal Rye Cover Crop Every Month of the Year

No-tiller’s informal trial of seeding a rye cover crop every month of the year teaches lessons about rye’s resilience

By Mackane Vogel posted on December 27, 2023 | Posted in Cover Crops

Wade Dooley has done plenty of official experiments with the Iowa Soybean Association, Practical Farmers of Iowa and other groups that conduct research and development in agriculture. But when the Marshall County, Iowa, grower decided to try seeding rye every single month, there was nothing official about it.

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Conservation Ag Foundation Established to Promote Sustainable Farming

Longtime no-tillers & educators serve on foundation’s board, guiding mission to help farmers to adopt conservation practices

December 27, 2023

Lessiter Media, the publisher of No-Till Farmer magazine, has established the Conservation Ag Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing conservation-based ag practices.

Conservation Ag Operator Fellow Loran Steinlage Receives 2023 Iowa Leopold Conservation Award

Loran Steinlage of West Union has been selected as the recipient of the 2023 Iowa Leopold Conservation Award®.

August 29, 2023

Source: Sand County Foundation

Loran, who owns and operates FLOLO Farms in Fayette County, will be formally presented with the $10,000 Leopold Conservation award this December at The Big Soil Health Event in Cedar Falls.

Cover Crops

Using Cover Crops & Organic No-Till in Dry Climate

Relay cropping helps combat difficult planting & harvesting timing for soybeans and small grains

By Mackane Vogel posted on July 14, 2023 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Cover Crops, Equipment

Caleb Akin and Noah Wendt of A&W Farms have been farming together in Cambridge, Iowa, for over 15 years. But it wasn’t until 2015 that they decided to transition to organic farming.

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Ag States of America: Iowa

February 28, 2023

From fields of corn to Fields of Dreams, the Hawkeye state is part of the backbone of American agriculture. See what else Iowa has to offer in this episode of Ag States of America, brought to you by Pivot Bio.

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No-Till Highlights: Feb. 2, 2023

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Farmer Sees 7% No-Till Corn Yield Bump with 20-Inch Rows

On this edition of Conservation Ag Update, brought to you by CultivAce, longtime no-tiller Jim Leverich explains why 20-inch corn rows are paying off big time on his Sparta, Wis., farm.

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